Believing big #21: tell me one more time. . .

It’s our last day of the 21-day adventure.

Maybe that discourages you because you have more questions about what it means to believe big when you feel small.

May I encourage you?

That’s one of the most amazing aspects to walking in faith. There’s always more to explore. You and I will learn more about living in faith the longer we follow Christ.

The disciples walked daily with Jesus. He showed them how to tap into faith with difficult people. He challenged them to pray in desperate situations. He showed them how to believe big when they felt incredibly small.

Sometimes they got it right away.

Other times they asked questions.

There were many times that, even though they saw it play out right in front of them, that they didn’t understand. Not at first, but eventually they did.

And that’s what makes it faith.

When my son was in kindergarten, his teacher brought in all of the parents and had us sit at the small desks. She handed each parent a sheet of paper. On it were several characters. She said it was the alphabet, though it looked nothing like the real alphabet.

She wrote the first strange character on the board.

“Let’s call this an A, she said. “It sounds like this.”

She made the flat “a” sound. She scratched a different character next to it. “This is a capital A. Sometimes an a sounds like this (she made the flat “a” sound again) and sometimes it sounds like this (she made the long “a” sound).”

She kept going.

“If you say “apple,” it’s a flat “a”, whether it’s capitalized or not. But the word “ape” has the long “a” different sound.”

My head started to swim.

“Now, it’s your turn. All of the alphabet is on that paper. I want you to use those characters to read the paragraph on the back of your paper.”

I’m a pretty smart girl, at least I thought so. I am an avid reader, but it took me a long time to “read” that paragraph. The big “A” looked like one set of sticks and curls. The small “a” looked like another.

When we were finally through, she smiled at all of us.

“That’s what reading feels like for your child when they first begin.”

She shared this example, because she had been teaching for a long time. She had sat with parents who wondered if their child would ever read. Some put pressure on their child. Others scolded them. Others felt like they had failed them in some way.

When this group of parents felt the frustration of learning to read again (as if the first time), it allowed us to be a lot more patient with our child.

If you still have questions about believing big when you feel small, it makes total sense. It starts to come together. You start to practice it. You begin to live it.

Will you offer yourself patience as you grow into faith?

Like that child first learning to read, it starts making sense. You practice it. You go deeper. You gain a little understanding, which makes you hungry for more.

Before you know it, you are growing spiritually. Then you go deeper, and it feels new all over again. It doesn’t mean that you’ve lost everything you have gained, but that you are climbing one more faith mountain.

You’ll learn more. You’ll go deeper. You might stumble. You might fall flat on your face. You’ll reach for him, and you’ll get back up. You’ll be stronger for it.

Paul, in Ephesians 1, prayed this magnificent prayer over the church. It’s for you, too.

For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God’s people, I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.

I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.

And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.

As we end this 21-day adventure of Believing Big When You Feel Small, may we pray together?

Lord, we want to know you better. We ask that the Holy Spirit opens our eyes to the riches of faith in you. We desire to believe big, not in our own abilities, but in the power of trust. We don’t have all the answers, but thank you that we know where to go with our questions. Lead us. Show us. Teach us. In your powerful name, amen.

Suzie

Day #21 of Believing Big When You Feel Small

Q: Consider the example of the kindergarten child learning to read. How can we give ourselves the same grace?

Read Ephesians 1:15-23. Underline every gift within this passage. (The first gift is in bold font.)

Ask God for these same gifts. Write it as a prayer in your journal, or share it here so we can pray with you.

Q: How do these gifts help us in our life-long adventure of faith?

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Thank you Suzie for taking the time to do these challenges! The words you type are so graceful compared to where I have been! What an amazing gift! I have been feeling so far away from God and these have been very helpful in leading me back to Truth. Praise God!! and thanks to you again!

So very blessed by this 21 day adventure Suzie! Thank you so much for always sharing your heart and for taking us by the hand and leading us on this adventure of Believing BIG when we feel small.
Thank you and Love you BIG💖

First of all Faith – strong faith —Spirit of wisdom and revelations, enlightenment, riches of his glorious inheritance, his incomparably great power and God’s fullness. These are the things I am trying to find all the time in my life unfortunately not always looking in the right places and it is so easy to get discouraged and drift or be busy and not make time to do what God wants us to do. I have not always been able to read these posts but when I have they have really hit home and always fit right into my life at that time! Thank you for sharing indeed!

Suzie thank you for allowing your heart to show through your posts. This has been what I need and I can’t wait until the next one. I struggle with believing that He loves me no matter what and your posts have been an encouragement that I so need at this point in my life. Thank you.

I did a complete FB and Blog fast during January-I know that might sound strange to some but it was a matter of obedience for me, I’ve been going back and reading this blog series and it is amazing!! I agree with Crystal-this is such a powerful one!!

Amen. Suzie thank you for these past 21 days I have learned do much, I will continue with my Faith no matter what obstacles comes my way. God Bless you. Will there be anything coming up that I could sign for. I look forward everyone to read your blog. Blessings and thank you for your ministry

Since you are already subscribed to the blog, you are already in line for any new adventures. Our next adventure is 21 Days to Living a Life of Thank You. It begins the end of February. <3 See you there!

Suzie – very excited for 21 Days to Living a Life of Thank You. I can’t wait to glean from your wisdom. I think it’s beautiful how you make deposits into our lives through this blog, and then your deposit continues to bloom as we take what we learn from you and sow it into our families and communities! YOU are such a blessing to me! Love you!

Dear Suzie,
Thank you, thank you for this amazing 21 day journey. I too love your words, “Faith comes in layers. We grow as we step into it.”
This January 2017 I celebrated 3 years since I began my journey of faith. What better way to celebrate than with you and all fellow believers.
I look forward to the next adventure with you and 21 Days to Living a Life of Thank You.

THIS. This is beautiful, and quite possibly my fave. “Faith comes in layers. We grow as we step into it.” OH MY GOODNESS, YES!

Suzie, thank you for this adventure in believing big. I felt really, really small last year. My faith wavered. When the new year started, I wanted it to look different. I began to pray a Psalm 32:8 everyday. With help from this adventure, I began to believe big, even when I didn’t necessarily feel it deep. I began to push away the doubt and press through to believing big, even when I felt smaller than small.

And WHOA. God began to show up in ways that I’d forgotten He could. As if He’s ever given me a reason to doubt Him, right?!

Thank you for your transparency and truth. Thank you for allowing God to use you as a vessel to remind this girl of just how BIG He is. Thank you for the prompts (which were honestly sometimes difficult) that led to bigger belief than I’ve had in a some time. God showed up big, but only because I believed big.

He’s always there, waiting take us into the deep, waiting to show us just how big He is, if only we will believe that He’s capable and surrender to what HE wants to do, rather than what we want Him to do.

Thank you BIG, Suzie! I can’t wait to see where the next adventure leads!

Your adventure has been bumpy. It’s had lots of valleys. All of it plays into the adventure. You have held on. You have clung to your faith. God sees that. He’s with you. He will continue to be with you on every mountain and in every valley.